Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale and Attorney General Steve Marshall Are Allowing Jefferson County To Be Murder Capital

Rickey Stokes

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Posted by: RStokes
Date: Dec 28 2017 11:30 AM

JEFFERSON COUNTY: The following is from AL.com concerning Jefferson County ( Birmingham ). Remember Jefferson County IS NOT in Birmingham but rather Birmingham is is Jefferson County. The Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the County is Mike Hale, the Sheriff.

But along with this Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has a focus on bingo. Inwhere he filed lawsuits against establishments in Alabama.

Here is my question: is the number of murders in Jefferson County ( Birmingham ) concerning children more important and focus needed more or is bingo more important. Not one of these murders were committed because of bingo!

Look below the first article at the number of unsolved murders in Jefferson County ( Birmingham ). Of the 110 murders in Birmingham 55 remain unsolved and outside of Birmingham 65 unsolved.

Sounds like a Sheriff in Jefferson County needs to get off his buttocks and become a law enforcement officer and sounds like Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall needs to pull his head from between the cheeks of his butt and become a leader.

If I was the Sheriff and Attorney General I would hang my head in shame and disgrace that I have allowed Jefferson County and Birmingham to get out of control.

AL.com Article

16 children died in homicides in 2017.

2017 was a particularly tragic year for the youth of Jefferson County. There were 16 children under the age of 18 whose deaths were ruled homicides by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, though not all of them were deemed criminal acts that yielded formal charges. By definition, a homicide is when one person kills another whether intentional or not.

The tally as of Dec. 28 is more than double the number of children under the age of 18 killed in 2016 and the highest number in 10 years. Here is a year-by-year look at those numbers:

As of Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, there had been 173 homicides in communities throughout Jefferson County in 2017, including 110 in the City of Birmingham.

Of the countywide deaths, at least 65 remain unsolved.

Authorities said the lack of an arrest in a case is frustrating for detectives who work hard to bring closure to families, and it’s even tougher on those families who are searching for answers and justice.

Of the 110 homicides in Birmingham, 55 of them remain unsolved for a 50 percent clearance rate. The national average for agencies clearing homicides has steadily decreased in recent years: It was 59.4 percent in 2016, 61.5 percent in 2015 and 64.5 percent in 2014.

Birmingham police said the biggest challenge in 2017 has been the lack of witnesses willing to testify. "I’ve never see it so bad as far as people not being willing to talk to the police," said Lt. Scott Thurmond.

Anyone with information on any of these slayings is asked to call the investigating law enforcement agency.